Tokyo, July 30, 2004 ---The Agency for Cultural Affairs' the International Performing Arts Festival (IPAF) is going to be held from September 12 to November 12 2004 in Tokyo and Kansai area in Japan.
IPAF, which was initiated in 2002, aims at contributing to the promotion of international cultural exchanges, as well as disseminating good co-productions of performing arts to the world by providing an opportunity of the cooperative performing arts and the cultural exchanges for artists and art productions of our country and of overseas.
This year's IPAF with theme of "Cultural Exchanges among Asian Countries" will unfold 12 events including joint concerts by artists from Japan and different Asian countries and experimental concerts at museums in Tokyo and temples in Kyoto.
International Performing Arts Festival Opening Concert
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, etc. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan *the web site is in Japanese only
produced by The Foundation of Japan Opera Association
13 (Mon) 7:30p.m.
Myung-Whun Chung / Heart-warming Concert
Myung-Whun Chung (piano, emcee) Members of Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France Tokyo National Museum
produced by The Foundation of Japan Opera Association
18 (Sat) 6:30p.m.
19 (Sun) 20 (Mon)
4:00p.m.
Opera "Carmen"
Beatrice Uria-Monzon (soprano) Mihoko Fujimura (soprano) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, etc. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan *the web site is in Japanese only
Pacific Choral Days - Canada, Australia and Japan
Adelaide Chamber Singers, Vancouver Chamber Coir, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
produced by Association for promoting Music choruses
Korea / Japan Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
Kobe International House Kokusai Hall (in Kobe)
produced by Japan Ballet Association
23 (Sat)
24 (Sun)
Contemporary Sounds in an Ancient City "Berio in Kyoto" -Complete
Performance of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas-
Pascal Gallois (bassoon) Yumiko Sakuma (flute) etc. Chion-in, Chioin-ji and Hounen-in (temples in Kyoto) *the web sites are in Japanese only
Asian Super Gala Concert 2004
Seikyo Kim (conductor) Akie Amou (soprano) Maki Mori (soprano) Sai Yanguang (soprano) etc. Kyoto Concert Hall (in Kyoto) *the web site is in Japanese only
Producers' Products Series Vol. 1 Fumiaki MIYAMOTO (oboe) - Woody World
Fumiaki Miyamoto (oboe) Kenichi Furube (oboe) etc. Kobe Shimbun Matsukata Hall (in Kobe) *the web site is in Japanese only
Producers' Products Series Vol. 2 Yukio YOKOYAMA (piano) - Moment of Melancholy
Yukio Yokoyama (piano) Tomoko Kawada (violin) Noboru Kamimura (cello) etc.
Biwako Hall (in Shiga)
Producers' Products Series Vol. 3 Tsugio TOKUNAGA (violin) - Soul of Strings
Tsugio Tokunaga (violin) Asako Urushihara (violin) etc. Izumi Hall (in Osaka) *the web site is in Japanese only
